Category: Students Resources

From the website of the respected McGill Institute of Air and Space Law: “The Institute of Air and Space Law of McGill University intends to appoint one or two Postdoctoral Research Fellow(s) during the 2016-2017 academic year. The position will pay a taxable minimum salary of C$50,000 per annum.” See...

Get in there students and artists–this looks like fun! The 2014 Humans in Space Art Video Challenge is now open! Join NASA’s International Space Station Program and Humans in Space Art in a journey of exploration. Interested college students and early career professionals worldwide are invited to influence the...

22 April 2014 deadline, 1500 word essays by students between the ages of 18 and 30. From the website here The activities of our global civilization are now intertwined with the evolution of the Earth system. Human civilization will face many challenges as it adapts to a rapidly changing world,...

9 June – 8 August 2014 From the website here Overview The Space Studies Program (SSP) is an intense nine-week course for postgraduate students and professionals of all disciplines. The curriculum covers the principal space related fields, both non-technical and technical and ranges from policy and law, business and management...

The Women In Aerospace (WIA) Foundation is now accepting applications for The WIA Scholarship & The WIA Foundation – AIAA Digital Avionics Scholarship for the 2014 school year. (See the bottom of this post for a note on the accompanying picture that I’ve chosen, which is my own and not that...

UK visa regulations are constantly changing, and I’m hardly a specialist; however the below may be of interest to students (or others) who are interested in staying in the UK after their studies–it is the first part of my own personal story as I navigated the UK work visa system...

Ah, if I were a student I’d be all over this–it looks like great fun! Dear All, Do you have a passion for the greatest works in the classical, literary, historical and philosophical canon? Does the idea of grappling with the complexities of human nature through the works of Cicero...

With scholarship funding as tight as it is at the moment, I found this pretty impressive… RAeS to run competition for 500 funded Masters degrees in aerospace engineering The Royal Aeronautical Society has teamed up with government and industry to run a competition to fund 500 Masters Degrees in Aerospace Engineering. The...

I compiled these a couple of years ago, to send to friends as they went through the viva process. It occurred to me that the tips might appeal to a wider audience–thus posting them here! My PhD was in the humanities/ social sciences, but perhaps these would be useful for other...

This post targets students at the London School of Economics specifically, but may be of use to other London- or UK-based students completing degrees in the humanities. The websites listed are primarily focused on work (including internships) in the UK, though not exclusively so. There are dozens of websites out there–these...

About Dr Jill Stuart

Dr Jill Stuart is an academic based at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is an expert in the politics, ethics and law of outer space exploration and exploitation. She is a frequent presence in the global media (print, radio, television, documentary) and regularly gives lectures around the world. She is Editor in Chief of the Elsevier journal Space Policy and is on the Board of Directors of METI International. She is one of an elite number of people to be endorsed by the UK Home Office as an Exceptional Talent Migrant/ World Leader in her Field. In 2015 she was awarded the prestigious Margaret Mead Award Lecture by the British Science Association in recognition of her cutting edge research. She is trained in both domestic and international mediation and has done consultancy work for the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice. She has a sub-specialism in women, peace and security and gender based violence (GBM).